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The Magic of Music Matching

Roy van Rijn | GOTO Oslo 2020

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*This will be presented by video* Arthur C. Clarke once said: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" The first time I used Shazam (the music matching app) it felt just like that: pure magic. The app shortly listens with the microphone and tells you which song is playing. As a programmer I generally have a pretty good understanding about what happens behind the scenes, in this case however I was absolutely gobsmacked. After a weekend of studying, reading scientific papers and experimenting and coding: I had a working Shazam clone written in Java. During this talk I'll reveal what I've learned and what algorithms and tricks being used.

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This will be presented by video

Arthur C. Clarke once said: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

The first time I used Shazam (the music matching app) it felt just like that: pure magic. The app shortly listens with the microphone and tells you which song is playing. As a programmer I generally have a pretty good understanding about what happens behind the scenes, in this case however I was absolutely gobsmacked.

After a weekend of studying, reading scientific papers and experimenting and coding: I had a working Shazam clone written in Java. During this talk I'll reveal what I've learned and what algorithms and tricks being used.

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Roy van Rijn

Roy van Rijn

Developer and Architect, Robotics Enthusiast, Hobby Mathematician

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